Mike Greenlar / The Post Standard file photoManlius Mayor Mark-Paul Serafin at left turns to leave the town of Dewitt courtroom as his lawyer Tom Cerio shakes hands with Judge Robert Jokl Jr., last year.

DeWitt, NY -- Manlius Village Mayor Mark-Paul Serafin accepted a plea agreement Wednesday that calls for him to plead guilty to violating his own village’s recycling laws and pay a $100 fine.

Serafin, 53, pleaded guilty in DeWitt town court to one of two violations of illegally taking bottles from recycling bins under the plea bargain reached between the prosecutor and the mayor’s lawyer, Tom Cerio. The case was handled by DeWitt Judge Robert Jokl.

The mayor was ticketed Aug. 24 and then again on Oct. 20 in connection with complaints that he’d removed bottles from village residents’ recycling bins.

In an interview after that, Serafin said he’d been collecting bottles and cans in neighborhoods around the village for a decade to save money for medicine for his sick dog, which has since died.

Manlius Village’s code stipulates that all recyclable containers are county or village property. The code states that recyclables placed at or near the curb for purposes of collection by the village become village property and no else can collect or pick them up.

The second violation came after a resident complained to police. When confronted by officers, according to court papers, Serafin admitted to taking a large Pepsi bottle from a bin. The report said he didn’t have permission from the homeowner.

Serafin said after court Wednesday that the issue is “over and done with.”

He also said he’s grateful to his family, friends and other supporters from the village.

“They have unconditionally supported and encouraged me,” he said. “We’re doing the village’s business everyday.

“I’m fine, and I’m ready to go,” he said.

DeWitt court was scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The mayor appeared before the judge with his lawyer at 5:30 before spectators were permitted into the courtroom.